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I think NASCAR is getting exactly what they wanted.

Who’s going to get lucky in Vegas?  If you want Lady Luck to smile on your car, they’ve got to be willing to roll the dice with a late race gamble, but even then, they might just crap out.  One thing is for sure: if you want to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, you’ve got to go all-in...

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin says he refuses to pay the fine NASCAR levied against him after he criticized NASCAR’s new Sprint Cup car. The fine stems from him comparing the new Gen 6 car to last year’s Car of Tomorrow saying it didn’t race as good as the COT and his success at Phoenix Raceway came from strategy during the race not the car.

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This wasn’t just a win for Carl Edwards. This was a statement.

Who says older guys have a problem getting the pole? Certainly not former Viagra-sponsored driver Mark Martin. Martin, 54, became the second-oldest driver to secure a Sprint Cup pole when he finished with the best speed during Friday's qualifying for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway scheduled for this Sunday...

Daytona is a magical place. During the final laps of the Daytona 500, we completely forget about the first 490 miles. And during this season’s Great American Race, the first 490 were pretty easy to forget.

The unmistakeable shade of bright blue named after racing legend Richard Petty will return to NASCAR tracks during select Sprint Cup Series races in 2013.

Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500...

Actor James Franco may have rehearsed his line, but it still came out wrong. Franco, star of the upcoming release 'Spring Breakers' was at the Daytona 500 today to serve as grand marshal. With driver Danica Patrick in the pole position of the race, the Daytona 500-opening phrase, “Gentlemen, start your engines,” doesn’t fit the field, so Franco decided to adjust the wording, except he screwed it u

Kyle Larson’s horrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway in the Nationwide Series race Saturday has stunned the nation. During the crash, parts of the car and the engine flew into the grandstands and a fan was able to catch it all on video.

A multi-car crash at the end of NASCAR's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway injured at least 28 spectators on Saturday, NASCAR said. After the lead cars became entangled coming down the front stretch on the final lap of the Drive4COPD 300, Kyle Larson's No...

Danica Patrick will be hitting the track hard and fast on Sunday as a pole position starter in the Daytona 500; the first woman ever to do so.

Danica Patrick won the pole of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, becoming the first woman in NASCAR history to win the pole position of a Cup Series event. Patrick turned in a qualifying speed of 196.434, besting fellow drivers Jeff Gordon, Trevor Bayne, Ryan Newman and teammate Tony Stewart...

The first practice for SpeedWeeks at Daytona International Speedway is February 15 and NASCAR will debut the new Gen-6 race car. NASCAR chairman Brian France said he is quite satisfied with the car after being put through various test the past two months.

It was Jeff Gordon in the winner's circle at the end of the day at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, but the night belonged to Brad Keselowski, winner of the 2013 Sprint Cup Championship.